2. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a
position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a
bribe; to give a bribe to.
Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
F. W. Robertson.
3. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
Bribe
(Bribe), v. i.
1. To commit robbery or theft. [Obs.]
2. To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of
trust, by some gift or promise.
An attempt to bribe, though unsuccessful, has been holden to be criminal, and the offender may be
indicted.
Bouvier.
The bard may supplicate, but cannot bribe.
Goldsmith.
Bribeless
(Bribe"less), a. Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes.
From thence to heaven's bribeless hall.
Sir W. Raleigh.
Briber
(Brib"er) n.
1. A thief. [Obs.] Lydgate.
2. One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.
3. That which bribes; a bribe.
His service . . . were a sufficient briber for his life.
Shak.
Bribery
(Brib"er*y) n.; pl. Briberies [OE. brybery rascality, OF. briberie. See Bribe, n.]
1. Robbery; extortion. [Obs.]
2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of
another by corrupt inducements.
Bribery oath, an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting. [Eng.]
Bric-a brac
(Bric"-a brac`) n. [F.] Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered
collectively.
A piece of bric-a-brac, any curious or antique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or
metal work, or an odd knickknack.
Brick
(Brick) n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hlafes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See Break.]
1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and
sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.
The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
Layard.
